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Author: CharmOne
Date: 2003-10-07 06:29
Will clarinets dominate again as it did in the 20's or will it just be an instrument in the shadows only to be played at some special occasion like at a concert and stuff like that? I'm just wondering...
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Author: LeWhite
Date: 2003-10-07 11:54
I think the Bb clarinet will see a decline and it's big brother, the bass clarinet, come into much more widespread use. In fact, it may replace saxophone as well.
In the next 100 or so years...
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-10-07 14:47
I am still playing one and getting paid for it so somebody out there still likes them and I never touch the bass.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-10-07 15:36
Not trying to be a "Pollyanna" ["every thing is swell, hunkydory, and clear/comfortable weather"], to me, the [my] future is bright and cheerful!! It seems to me that our local, classical NPR station is playing more clarinet-featured music, our recent annual OK Mozart week gave us both the Concerto and Quintet , David Shifrin [need I say more?]. Our local symphony, accompanying Chris [and Dan] Brubeck's Triple Play [a group pf 4] really jazz-stirred up us old [and young] folk last Sat nite. Their combo + orch arrangements had some very challenging parts for my good-buddy cl'ists, wish it had needed me!! In a Tulsa Comm. Band number , I have a bass cl jazz-blues solo, somewhat "embellished", which my good friends seem to like, and I look forward to the possibility of playing my alto cl, if another bass cl'ist will come often. If all this can happen in our "boonies"-bible belt, at least somewhat due to Sneezy-Woodwind. org IMHO, think what large cities could/would support! Just rambling [and lengthy] thots, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-10-07 15:47
Don,
I think, from what I've heard and read, that live music may be more 'alive and well' in the boonies than in the suburbs and cities --- make the best of it!
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Author: marcia
Date: 2003-10-07 16:40
No, not the bass clarinet--it's the alto clarinet that rules!!
Marcia
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-10-07 19:06
What to do when your jazz/dixieland/bigband/etc. gig ends due to no customers (after you and the rest of us are done crying.)
Devil's advocate comment #251
Get a mouthpiece with a pickup. Run the sound through an effects processor. Learn how to make this thing destroy your carefully crafted sound - the more distortion the better. Throw out your blazer/sleeve garter/etc. Put on a tie-died t-shirt and shredded Levi's. Don't shave for a week (guys and gals.) Buy a good set of earplugs. Get a new gig with a rock band.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-10-07 19:11
Ralph,
Good advice! But to really fake out the musical world, instead I'm going to resurrect my 1970's-era leisure suit, tie my hair into dreadlocks (if there's enough hair left for that.....), and play Lithuanian folk tunes on my EEb contra-alto. Should be a HUGE commercial hit. You may then call me: "Davy S" and perhaps I shall do endorsements for Jinyin clarinets ( to be marketed by Wal-Mart and Costco, of course).
Has this thread gotten out of control, Mark/GBK?
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-10-07 19:15
Will clarinets ever rise to the dominance they once held in the '20s?
Clarinets never dominated anything, CharmOne. They quickly came from the fringe shadows of their early beginnings and took a rightful, not prominent, place among their cousins. Today, they continue their rightful place within the woodwind family and, in my experience anyway, seem to get along quite well with their windblown kissin' cousins, as well as their older huggin' aunts and uncles from the string, brasswind, and percussion sectors.
There were just as many popular, if not many more, brass and other reedwind instrumentalists, and percussionists, as there were clarinettists before, during, and after the '20s. As far as sheer popularity, I believe we must acknowledge that vocalists (include self-accompanied vocalists) far outnumber instrumental-only performers from eons before the '20s until now. In my opinion the clarinet clan has been, and still is a wonderful complement to the whole family of musical instruments (and vocalists). Its so called 'popularity' will, along with other instruments, continue to rise and wane.
As for me... as long as I'm able, I'll just enjoy and... Keep on Tootin'! 
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
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Author: Mark P. Jasuta
Date: 2003-10-07 20:00
The clarinet will eventually end war, world hunger and disease. Bring the world into perfect harmony and align the planets.
Regards
Mark
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-10-07 21:00
Let me gaze into my crystal ball:
Wait ....... it's coming into focus:
I see a clarinet manufactured with a thumb rest in a logical, comfortable position.
Of course, since most clarinetists have switched to guitar and saxophone to earn a living, no one really cares any more. ..GBK
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-10-07 21:58
A view from the the pessimist:
The future of clarries is cloudy.
Their image appears somewhat dowdy.
In spite of their phallic appeal,
the chicks do not show real zeal.
Sax and guitar: much more rowdy!
A view from the optimist (e.g., me):
The future of clarries is bright.
Their sound is, to most, a delight.
So do not despair!
It may not seem fair,
But at the bore's end there is light!
Henry
Post Edited (2003-10-07 22:00)
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Author: BobD
Date: 2003-10-07 22:18
Oh, please, not poetry again. Haha.....on the clarinet never dominating anything. It still dominates me. There was this old tune....." Oh, the music goes round and round, oh, oh, oh, oh......and it comes out here." Musical tastes go round and round.....last night I watched/heard a tv commercial in which was played Verdi's Manzoni(or was it Mangione!) Requiem....go figure.
I think it will survive for as long as the poster is alive. ...and certainly beyond me.
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Author: john gibson
Date: 2003-10-07 23:47
HEY.....
commercial work is where it's at! There are no fewer than a half dozen (maybe more) radio TV commercials playing here in Phoenix, all with clarinet as predominate instrument. Some are local spots, others are national.
So....someone's getting work. And though it's not rock star arena concert size, Eddie Daniels sold out 25 hundred seats in Scottsdale last February.
Yeah, a lot of "blue hairs", but a bunch of kids too who probably wanted to hear how the clarinet is played.
Gibson
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-10-08 02:44
What a VUNDERBAHR thread, sublime to ridiculous/HUMOROUS and back!! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: CharmOne
Date: 2003-10-08 03:04
I wonder if soprano saxes is similar to the clarinet design since both are well-straight except the fact that sopranos have a deeper tone.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-10-08 03:51
Naw... saxes is saxes and clarinets just put up with 'em
- ron b -
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2003-10-08 04:33
A clarinet ensemble led by John Moses on the bassett horn will win a grammy for their arrangement of "The Vegemite Song." ![[hot]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/hot.gif)
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2003-10-08 18:08
The guitar is the one instrument most guitar players can afford!
David Dow
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2003-10-09 15:46
I think the clarinet will (or at least should) remain a prominent instrument. My feeble attempt to keep is that way is to try to breed a liking for it in people (whether it's friends -also clarinetists- who I introduce to new rep or students who I TRY to get to enjoy it). I know that sounds stupid, but I collect clarinets CDs and everytime I get a new one with a cool song (I just got one with the Milhaud Concerto, btw, very cool) I force my clarinetist friends to listen to it. I have one friend with whom I play a game where (on my computer) one of us plays a few secs of a song and then other tries to identify it (and now I'm made myself sound like a huge loser). My point is, I think it's important as performers and teachers to keep yourself interested by exploring new things (and finding ways to make older ones fresh again - I've gotten into the habit of ordering CDs with pieces I already have a couple recordings of, just to compare the "interpretation" - this helps me keep the old war horses like Mozart, Webert, and Brahms more interesting). I guess what I'm saying is that if we expect the clarinet to remain an exciting instrument, WE have to be excited by it first (and hopefully that will rub off on our listeners!). =)
Sometimes when a piece is played, we instrumentalists can be so negative about it. Especially in colleges where a lot of people are playing songs they didn't pick or don't really like. If you are going to play a piece, you need to make it the most exciting, beautiful piece of music you've ever played and your audience has ever heard. I'm not in college for music (though I study with a college teacher), so I have the freedom to pick whatever pieces I want and I consciously try to perform pieces that will be exciting and inspiring (whether they be lesser known pieces that really deserve attention or more popular ones that I just really love). The success of the clarinet is based on selling clarinets, CDs, and concert tickets, and keeping composers excited about the instrument so they will produce spectacular music. None of this will happen if people (ourselves included) aren't literally dying to listen to clarinets play (and I literally am!!) I think all of this responsibility relies on performers - it's up to us whether or not the clarinet survives the test of time.
Don Hite
theclarinetist@yahoo.com
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Author: Tim P
Date: 2003-10-09 17:21
I agree with"theclarinenist".. We must create excitement. I never miss an opportunity to point clarinet playing. If you listen you will be amazed at how many tv commercial have a clarinet in the background. Typical conversations:
ME: did you hear that
Friend: What?? you mean that commercial for xxxxxx??
Me: No, of course not. I mean the cool sounding clarinet in the background.
Friend: Oh yeah, cool.
Or------
friend: what you been up too lately??
Me; clarinet playing.
Friend: huh??
Me: yeah. you know... the sweetest sound instrutment in the world.
I, too, have started collecting Clarinet CDs. I have loaded them in my computer and when you walk into my office.....guess what??? you get yet another chance to hear the sweetest and coolest instrument in world
"saving the world, one beer at a time"
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Author: Tim K
Date: 2003-10-09 19:02
The future of the clarinet is black.
Unless the clarinet happens to be rosewood or metal.
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